President Barack Obama is about to send approximately 500 more U.S. troops to Iraq to train and advise Iraqi soldiers in Anbar province. Among the U.S. goals will be helping Iraqi security forces turn the tide against the Islamic .

Because movies cost so much to make, usually there is some sort of clear commercial precedent for each new general release film that comes to town. This isn’t a new trend—Robert Altman’s 1992 movie “The Player” suggested it .

A decorated World War II veteran and the former owner of the Alma Signal Enterprise, also known as “the Birdman of Alma” for his love of birds, has died.
Robert Franklin Stuewe, 95, died on Thursday, June 4, 2015, at his home in .

The K-State Alumni Association board of directors transitioned its membership and leadership June 6 during the board’s annual meeting in Manhattan.
Travis Lenkner, Chicago, who was named chair-elect last year, assumed his leadership position as 2015-16 chair at the annual .

Elizabeth Jane “Janie” Martin, 86, of Manhattan, died Friday, June 5, 2015, at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan.
The family provided some of the following information.
She was born to Lester O. and Lela Maud (Webb) Heckethorn on Dec. 19, 1928.
In 1947, after graduating .

Jerrel Lee Keys, 74, St. George, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
The family provided some of the following information.
On Oct. 11, 1940, Jerrel was born to Delbert and Ellen (Grandstaff) Keys in Chandler, Oklahoma. He graduated high school .

LaVada Carol Hine, 82, of Manhattan, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan.
She was born on Dec. 16, 1932, in Medicine Lodge and had been a Manhattan resident since 1965.
Visitation will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2015,&.

Kansas State redshirt-sophomore pitcher Nate Griep was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth round — 241st overall — of the 2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday.
It marks the second year in a row a Wildcat was drafted .

FORT RILEY — Victory Park at Fort Riley is a place to remember the ultimate sacrifice made by soldiers.
Annually, the 1st Infantry Division gathers fellow soldiers, friends and family at the park to honor the soldiers who died the previous .

Kansas State University’s lights went out Tuesday morning, leaving much of campus without power for the beginning of the work day — thanks to birds.
Steve Logback, the associate vice president of K-State communications and marketing, said he received a .